There had always been
a group of vintage
motorcycle folks in
Knoxville, and some
gathered on the old
Thursday bike nights in
the Old City when Biker
Rags still had a
location on
Central. Over
beers and wings at the
now defunct Spicy's, we
talked about forming a
vintage motorcycle club
to give all the talented
and interesting moto-characters
in Knoxville a reason to gather.

Nothing organized
really came of it, but
the idea never really
went away, and we'd
discuss it at events
like the swap meets at
the (also defunct)
Farmers Market.
Then one fall one day in
2002 Dan Moriarty opened
the Time Warp Tea Room
and encouraged us to
park our old bikes on
the sidewalk. Via (also defunct)
Speedvision's Two-
Wheeled-Tuesday, Tuesday
evenings became the
atypical motorcyclist's
hangout, and the club
was born at the big
round table soon
after.

There
were but a handful of
members at first, but
with the emphasis on a
maximum of fun and a
minimum of
administrative burden,
the TWVMC grew quickly,
despite minor skirmishes
over checking accounts,
smoking at meetings, and
skulls on t-shirts.
Some amazingly talented
people call themselves
Time Warpers, and help
each other out with our
old heaps, and have a
great time along the
way. Happy Holler
is home base, and we
have chapters in
Columbia, Tennessee,
upstate New York and
Boise, Idaho.